Former state legislator Jim Bob Duggar and his wife Michelle are celebrating the birth of their 15th child. Both the baby and mother were doing well, although Michelle was feeling some discomfort because the birth was her second by Caesarean section, said Jim Bob's mother, Mary Duggar.

This didn't used to be that unusual. In our neighborhood-predominantly German/Irish/Italian Catholic, it was typical for families to have 10, 11, 12, 13 children...noone even noticed it. It was considered odd if you only had 2 or 3!
We have 5, and it's cool. If we hadn't gotten a late start, I'm sure there would have been more.

A Woman isn't turning herself into a "baby factory", rather, she is giving herself to her family. What higher calling is there?

A Woman isn't turning herself into a "baby factory", rather, she is giving herself to her family. What higher calling is there?

Neither of my children were made in a factory! Of course since they were #1 and 2 out of the womb they aren't yet considered "products" of my factory uterus.

I cringe everytime I hear someone say this. So sad that they see these children as products of a factory. It's like they see these children (maybe #5 on up) as being unworthy of life and not meant to exist. Each child a woman has is just as happy for their existance no matter how many children have grown in their mother's womb before them.